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Joe Rudi played 16 major-league seasons (1967-1982) as a OF (1,195), 1B (249), 3B (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 16 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 21 | KC1 | 19 | 43 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .186 | .472 | 45 |
| 1968 | 22 | OAK | 68 | 181 | 10 | 32 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 32 | .177 | .468 | 47 |
| 1969 | 23 | OAK | 35 | 122 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | .189 | .499 | 44 |
| 1970 | 24 | OAK | 106 | 350 | 40 | 108 | 11 | 42 | 3 | 16 | 61 | .309 | .821 | 132 |
| 1971 | 25 | OAK | 127 | 513 | 62 | 137 | 10 | 52 | 3 | 28 | 62 | .267 | .690 | 102 |
| 1972 | 26 | OAK | 147 | 593 | 94 | 181 | 19 | 75 | 3 | 37 | 62 | .305 | .830 | 154 |
| 1973 | 27 | OAK | 120 | 437 | 53 | 118 | 12 | 66 | 0 | 30 | 72 | .270 | .729 | 105 |
| 1974 | 28 | OAK | 158 | 593 | 73 | 174 | 22 | 99 | 2 | 34 | 92 | .293 | .818 | 134 |
| 1975 | 29 | OAK | 126 | 468 | 66 | 130 | 21 | 75 | 2 | 40 | 56 | .278 | .831 | 133 |
| 1976 | 30 | OAK | 130 | 500 | 54 | 135 | 13 | 94 | 6 | 41 | 71 | .270 | .747 | 118 |
| 1977 | 31 | CAL | 64 | 242 | 48 | 64 | 13 | 53 | 1 | 22 | 48 | .264 | .829 | 123 |
| 1978 | 32 | CAL | 133 | 497 | 58 | 127 | 17 | 79 | 2 | 28 | 82 | .256 | .711 | 99 |
| 1979 | 33 | CAL | 90 | 330 | 35 | 80 | 11 | 61 | 0 | 24 | 61 | .242 | .688 | 84 |
| 1980 | 34 | CAL | 104 | 372 | 42 | 88 | 16 | 53 | 1 | 17 | 84 | .237 | .694 | 88 |
| 1981 | 35 | BOS | 49 | 122 | 14 | 22 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 29 | .180 | .591 | 69 |
| 1982 | 36 | OAK | 71 | 193 | 21 | 41 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 24 | 35 | .212 | .633 | 74 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 1B | 9 | 8 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1967 | OF | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | OF | 56 | 50 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1969 | OF | 18 | 18 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | 1B | 11 | 10 | 94 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 1970 | OF | 63 | 62 | 106 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 1970 | 1B | 28 | 23 | 196 | 13 | 2 | 16 |
| 1971 | OF | 121 | 117 | 249 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 1971 | 1B | 5 | 4 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1972 | OF | 147 | 147 | 247 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 1972 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | OF | 117 | 115 | 231 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 1973 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | OF | 140 | 132 | 234 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 1974 | 1B | 27 | 23 | 182 | 11 | 1 | 21 |
| 1975 | 1B | 91 | 86 | 732 | 36 | 7 | 64 |
| 1975 | OF | 44 | 36 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1976 | OF | 126 | 126 | 258 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 1976 | 1B | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1977 | OF | 61 | 61 | 131 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | OF | 111 | 109 | 231 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 1978 | 1B | 10 | 8 | 61 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 1979 | OF | 80 | 78 | 174 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 1979 | 1B | 5 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 1980 | OF | 90 | 87 | 220 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 1980 | 1B | 6 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1981 | 1B | 5 | 5 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1981 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1B | 49 | 45 | 398 | 20 | 4 | 37 |
| 1982 | OF | 14 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Joe Rudi won: TSN All-Star 1972 (AL), Gold Glove 1974 (AL), TSN All-Star 1974 (AL), Gold Glove 1975 (AL), Gold Glove 1976 (AL), TSN All-Star 1976 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (4 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1976, 1975, 1974, 1972.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 2 | 164 / 336 | 1 |
| 1974 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 2 | 161 / 336 | 5 |
| 1975 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 27 | 3 / 336 | 0 |
| 1976 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 12 | 35 / 336 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.